Two weeks ahead of the early national signing day for college football, the dominos continue to fall.
The top overall player in the 2025 recruiting cycle made a shocking announcement, flipping his commitment from LSU to Michigan on Thursday evening. That was on the heels of four-star prospect JuJu Lewis committing to Deion Sanders and Colorado earlier in the day.
Underwood, who attends Belville High School in Belville, Michigan, is the highest-ranked commitment to the program since Rashan Gary signed as a defensive tackle in the 2016 recruiting cycle. Underwood had been committed to Brian Kelly and the Tigers since Jan. 6. However, he made the massive flip announcement with signing day just under two weeks away.
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He is a five-star recruit in 247 Sports’ Composite rankings and the No. 1 player overall in the ON3 and ESPN rankings. Rivals has him as the No. 2 overall player behind Ohio State quarterback commit Tavien St. Clair. He is the first five-star QB commit for the Wolverines under head coach Sherrone Moore and the first since J.J. McCarthy in the 2021 class.
Underwood announced his commitment to the Wolverines on social media with the caption “Hometown. Hero. “
Here’s everything to know about Underwood:
Underwood announced his commitment to the home-state Wolverines on Thursday evening via his Instagram account. His video starts with the date March 18, 2016, and a voice then introduces him, proceeding to show his highlight video. The video then pans back to a younger Underwood announcing his commitment to Michigan with a graphic showing his five-star status and Michigan commitment at the 42-second mark.
According to 247 Sports’ Composite ranking, Underwood is a five-star recruit and the No. 1 overall player in the 2025 recruiting class. He’s the No. 1 quarterback and No. 1 player from Michigan.
Underwood is the highest-ranked signing under first-year coach Sherrone Moore and is the second-highest recruit to commit to Michigan, per its 247 Sports page, behind only 2016 signee Rashan Gary.
Here are Underwood’s year-by-year high school stats, according to MaxPreps:
2024: 113 of 151 passing for 2,095 yards with 29 touchdowns and three interceptions; 29 rushes for 489 yards and three touchdowns
2023: 168 of 252 passing for 3,165 yards with 40 touchdowns and two interceptions; 25 rushes for 160 yards and seven touchdowns
2022: 19 of 28 passing for 240 yards with two touchdowns and one interception; Three rushes for 17 yards and a touchdown
Underwood is Michigan’s 19th commit of its 2025 class, which ranked ninth nationally following the massive addition of the No. 1 overall player.
Meanwhile, Underwood’s commitment dropped LSU to No. 6 overall. The Tigers have 25 commitments, including five-star safety DJ Pickett.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Bryce Underwood flips from LSU to Michigan: Recruiting rankings, stats
